Mu Valley State Railway
From Graces Guide
The Mu Valley State Railway (MVSR) was the third metre gauge railway to be constructed in Burma
Construction began on a rail line from Sagaing to Myitkyina connecting Mandalay to Shwebo (1891), Wuntho (1893), Katha (1895) and Myitkyina (1898). This railway created a continuous 724-mile line from Rangoon to Myitkyina through the Kachin Hills, except for a ferry crossing of the Irrawaddy at Sagaing. The Inwa Bridge at Sagaing, Burma's only bridge across the Irrawaddy, opened in 1934 with two decks: one for road traffic and one for trains.
1896 Management of the MVSR passed to the newly formed Burma Railway
Officers
- John Walker Buyers from Public Works Department (PWD) posted as Engineer-in-Chief to Mu Valley State Railway [3], he was in 1890 transferred to Burma Railway.
- Hugh Lewin Monk deployed from the Railway Branch of the PWD to Mu Valley State Railway: 1889, P.A to Chief Engineer; 1891, Engineer-in-chief; 1892, Superintending Engineer
- Frederick Robert Bagley from PWD; 1890, Mu Valley Railway Survey, Superintending Engineer.
- Ronald Chapman Beeston from PWD; 1890, Mu Valley Railway Survey, Superintending Engineer
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